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iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a 501-c-3 not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1988 in Yorktown Heights, New York, by Peter Copen, President of the Copen Family Fund. iEARN originated as a pilot educational initiative called the New York State/Moscow Schools Telecommunications Project. The NYSMSTP initially linked 12 schools in New York State with 12 schools in Moscow in the former Soviet Union to demonstrate that students could use telecommunications technologies to engage in collaborative online projects. It used e-mail, video telephones and physical exchanges in its early years. Working through local educational organizations, it expanded to seven countries in 1990 and currently has programs in over 120 countries. iEARN (formerly I*EARN) has local NGOs in participating countries.